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An interesting rant, but missed the mark badly. Playstation and Sony are doing better than ever, they have clearly found their role in the market.
The old "these are movies, not games" argument is so tired and stupid. You could cut all the cutscenes from these games, and they would still be excellent gameplay experiences. However, I and apparently a lot of other gamers seem to enjoy a good story in their games, not just pressing buttons to make lights flash for no particular reason.
Sony has studios in different parts of the world and American studios will naturally make American influenced games, what's wrong with that?



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Leynos said:

Is the Switch attach ratio counting digital as well? I think the reason software went down is more people buy digital games and Nintendo typically in those reports is talking physical copies.

Nintendo is always including digital salesof games that have a (non-limited) physical version. Digital only is not included.



First off, Sony isn't so much "Americanized" as it is "Westernized,"

I highly disagree with you on that. Sony sold most of its european devs awhile ago, and even their european devs just make americanised games. Wipeout for example do you remember that one? Its dormant. Maybe because you are american so you consider it as "Normal" but to an outsider, they're very very americanised, to the point of parody. 

Sony even owns some EU IPs that they hiss and hate so much nowadays they probably would sell them for a single dollar. One being a series Buzz, which would have been a massive success during the pandemic if Sony is not dumb and actually cared about non american studios. 

But Jackbox took over that market and Sony doesn't care. 

Last edited by PullusPardus - on 25 July 2022

RolStoppable said:

No, it's actually good for the market. All of Sony's boneheaded decisions over the past two decades have made Japanese developers look more and more beyond PlayStation, so nowadays gamers have an actual choice of where to play the vast majority of these games on.

I guess you're right. Japanese games do extremely well on Steam, so that's a good thing.

Also hi Rol, you're still using this website.



Leynos said:

Is the Switch attach ratio counting digital as well? I think the reason software went down is more people buy digital games and Nintendo typically in those reports is talking physical copies.

buy digital from Nintendo, something I will never do again... I remember having 10+ digital games on my first wii and one day I had to replace it...

I lost access to the games, they only worked on the original Wii!

I take this opportunity to ask: does Nintendo still make this kind of @#$%$#@&^×÷ ? they still restrict the game and tie the software to specific hardware!?



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Leynos said:

Is the Switch attach ratio counting digital as well? I think the reason software went down is more people buy digital games and Nintendo typically in those reports is talking physical copies.

Only digital games with physical counterparts, if not mistaken. 



Manlytears said:

I take this opportunity to ask: does Nintendo still make this kind of @#$%$#@&^×÷ ? they still restrict the game and tie the software to specific hardware!?

Nope.



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PullusPardus said:

First off, Sony isn't so much "Americanized" as it is "Westernized,"

I highly disagree with you on that. Sony sold most of its european devs awhile ago, and even their european devs just make americanised games. Wipeout for example do you remember that one? Its dormant. Maybe because you are american so you consider it as "Normal" but to an outsider, they're very very americanised, to the point of parody. 

Sony even owns some EU IPs that they hiss and hate so much nowadays they probably would sell them for a single dollar. One being a series Buzz, which would have been a massive success during the pandemic if Sony is not dumb and actually cared about non american studios. 

But Jackbox took over that market and Sony doesn't care. 

You know the reason they closed the studio that made wipeout right? And you know that they bought the studio that have a lot of ex devs from there right?

Basically you complain of Sony taking actions that increase profit and reduce loss. You want they to do the opposite so they crash and burn?



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the-pi-guy said:
PullusPardus said:

I highly disagree with you on that. Sony sold most of its european devs awhile ago, and even their european devs just make americanised games. Wipeout for example do you remember that one? Its dormant. Maybe because you are american so you consider it as "Normal" but to an outsider, they're very very americanised, to the point of parody. 

Sony even owns some EU IPs that they hiss and hate so much nowadays they probably would sell them for a single dollar. One being a series Buzz, which would have been a massive success during the pandemic if Sony is not dumb and actually cared about non american studios. 

But Jackbox took over that market and Sony doesn't care. 

You realize they bought Firesprite, which was previously Sony Liverpool, who originally made Wipeout?

They also bought Housemarque and Nixxes, both both of which are European.

And what are "European" games?

Prob because I'm old but I always think of Amiga when someone says that. A lot of early 90s jank lol otherwise I have no clue. I've played some pretty good smaller budget stuff from that region in recent years.



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Manlytears said:
Leynos said:

Is the Switch attach ratio counting digital as well? I think the reason software went down is more people buy digital games and Nintendo typically in those reports is talking physical copies.

buy digital from Nintendo, something I will never do again... I remember having 10+ digital games on my first wii and one day I had to replace it...

I lost access to the games, they only worked on the original Wii!

I take this opportunity to ask: does Nintendo still make this kind of @#$%$#@&^×÷ ? they still restrict the game and tie the software to specific hardware!?

No they don't. You can transfer all your games easily from one Switch to another.